NTSA Monthly Mailshot

There are a few changes to the calendar, so keep an eye out  for the next official release on July 1 - but before then, there's an additional event on June 17, the DURC 50m Open. Plan your training accordingly!

We've had an interesting month on the lobbying front - things with the licence fees and the introduction of the rest of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 which modifies the Firearms Acts so heavily have been thrown right up into the air with the results of the General Election making a change in Minister for Justice mandatory. We're keeping an eye on things, but don't let that get you thinking that that means things are taken care of. Keep an eye to your email and the website, stay in touch, and remember that the individual, grass-roots letterwriting and phone calls were what worked on this front, not the actions of any one shooting association or body.

On a more pleasant, sporting front, this month sees two new clubs joining up and there's at least one more new club lined up behind them again. And we've started to run 25m Smallbore Pistol matches this month, which is a very welcome addition to the 
calendar. 

We now have a national ranking in smallbore rifle; check out the rankings section at the bottom of the eMailshot.

We're still making progress with the review process, and I know people are getting impatient, but please bear with us just a little longer folks. We're going to be rolling out the changes as they're ready, so you should be seeing the start of the change announcements over the coming days.

This is now our fifth month of this e-mailshot newsletter. How do you think it's doing? Are there things you'd like to see in here? Have you any suggestions or queries? I want to hear them. Please send them by email to:

Secretary@targetshootingireland.org

Yours in Sport,

Mark Dennehy
Secretary, NTSA